"Our goal is to continue to support São Paulo and expand to Brazil's presence on the global audio-visual stage. We want to see, recognize and value our films, stories and professionals around the world."

A milestone move for international outreach will be held in the Cannes Film Festival film, in which Spcine and the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa (NFVF) will initiate a joint call for submission to the pilot's International Common Development Plan.

In Cannes, Spcine and Brazil’s Riofilme and Projeto Paradiso will partner with Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund to unveil the development plan to launch HBF+ Brazil: Co-development support.

Put together, these two initiatives bring Spcine's international propaganda to a pioneering new level.

HBF+ Brazil’s goal is early development by first and second filmmakers in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other parts of Brazil.

During the pilot year of the three-year program, HBF+ Brazil will support up to nine novel film projects in early development, directed by Brazilian film producers and accompanied by a Brazilian production company that provides a grant of 10,000 euros ($11,300) in the form of grants.

As a management partner, HBF will launch a project call on IFFR.com in the second half of 2025. However, HBF+ Brazilian partners will sign a cooperation agreement at the Cannes Film Festival.

The partners said the goal of the program is to “Brazil promotes international cooperation by promoting financial support and the international popularity of Brazil’s film production talents.

Many of Brazil's leading filmmakers - including Kleber Mendonça Filho, Marcelo Gomes, Gabriel Mascaro and Julia de Simone - benefited greatly from the pivotal moments of their career, with support from Vanja Kalujdercic, Ifffr Festival Director, Tamara Tatishtishvili, Tatishvili, Hevish tatishvili, Heplast of HBF.

They added: “We jointly commit to new forms of collaboration and make a meaningful contribution to Brazil’s independent film sector.”

“The initiative expands the influence of our talents and connects St. Paul to the global network of creation and development. This is a step in our internationalization strategy and strengthening local industries. ” said Oliveira.

Yolanda Ncokotwana, head of the NFVF industry development department, said Spcine added that the goal of South Africa's NFVF's NFVF's goal is to start jointly developing two projects, jointly developing four champions, marrying writers and producers from both countries.

"The call provides financial and institutional support for the development and production of audio-visual works," said Ary Scarpin, Spcine's newly appointed director of economic development and strategic partnerships. "This partnership strengthens the commitment to building a more collaborative and diverse audio-visual industry and promotes direct dialogue among countries around the world," he added.

Ncokotwana said that during the Atlantic slave trade, a topic that hopes Brazil and South Africa are interested in is the African diaspora of Brazil. But partners are looking for “anything that connects us, such as a glimpse into the future look, a global southern reimagining itself.”

“We want to put creators together and it will be a spark to ignite the fire of more collaboration,” she said, adding that in the long run, she hopes that both countries will see the projects and, in South Africa and vice versa, will see more Brazilian content.

The first project can be announced as early as late July Durban Filmmart.